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BBC2 Civilisations: Rise and Fall - featuring our own Caroline Dodds Pennock

The news is out - Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock will feature in the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall'.

10 November 2025

Ancient skeletons show hormonal signatures of pregnancy in landmark discovery

New method developed by Sheffield and UCL researchers reveals oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone preserved in archaeological bones and teeth for the first time

26 November 2025

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Historian Sarah Frank awarded the prestigious UKRI Future Leader Fellowship

Sarah Frank, Lecturer in the History of the Francophone World at the University of Sheffield, is one of seventy-seven talented early-career researchers who have been awarded the prestigious Future Leader Fellowship.

16 September 2025

Beyond the algorithm: Shaping AI for people, not just progress

Explore the impact of artificial intelligence on society — from reimagining creativity to transforming law and challenging ethical frameworks, this campaign reveals both the promise and the peril of AI.

27 August 2025

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My Years as a Philosophy PhD Student - Part One

From flats, to learning, volunteering and making friends, George reminisces on his first year as a PhD student at Sheffield.

3 April 2024

Meet George - a PhD student

George tells us about his area of research and how he spends his time as a postgraduate student in Sheffield.

2 April 2024

2024 Gender and History Lecture Keynote

Don't miss Teri Chettiar's "Making Better Relationships: Rethinking Marital Conflict and Interpersonal Abuse in Late 20th Century Britain". Register now!

15 March 2024